Medium-Full Strength Cigar Reviews
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La Aurora Family Creed Fuerte Sol Robusto – Bury the Leaf Sometimes the cigars you ignore are the ones that eventually make you look a little stupid. La Aurora has been sitting practically in my backyard. There is a major dealer less than 30 miles from the Evening Draw Lounge, and I have walked through…
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H. Upmann 180 Anniversary Churchill – Bury the Leaf Sometimes the cigar that makes you feel stupid is the one you needed to smoke. Not because it embarrassed you. Not because you couldn’t figure it out. Because somewhere along the way, you decided you already knew enough to leave it alone. H. Upmann has been…
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La Aroma De Cuba Mi Amor Toro – Bury the Leaf Every once in a while a cigar ends up carrying more than tobacco. Sometimes it’s because the blend is unforgettable. Sometimes it’s because of where you were when you bought it. And sometimes it’s because a simple stop on the way to the airport…
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Rocky Patel Dark Star Robusto – Bury the Leaf Sometimes you get a bad one. That sentence is easy to write when the cigar costs four bucks and came out of a bargain bin. It gets considerably harder when you’re dealing with an established manufacturer, a roughly $10–$12 premium cigar, and a stick that had…
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Nica Rustica Connecticut Broadleaf – Bury the Leaf Some cigars ease you in with a soft handshake. The Nica Rustica Connecticut Broadleaf Toro walked in, dropped a duffel bag of attitude on the table, and asked if you were serious about spending the evening together. A few draws in, I was honestly wondering if I…
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Alec Bradley Black Magic Toro – Bury the Leaf The Alec Bradley Black Market Toro sounds like something you’d buy in a back alley with a burner phone and a fake name, but once you light it, the experience is a lot more grounded than the branding suggests. It opens with more body than most…
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E.P. Carrillo Pledge Sojourn Toro – Bury the Leaf The E.P. Carrillo Pledge Sojourn Toro smokes like a long, winding conversation that keeps changing its tone on you—bold, soft, then bold again. It’s complex, interesting, and absolutely worth experiencing, but not so locked‑in that I’m clearing space in the humidor to keep a box on…
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Cain Dayton Box Pressed Toro – Bury the Leaf Some cigars ease you in with a soft handshake. The Nica Rustica Connecticut Broadleaf Toro walked in, dropped a duffel bag of attitude on the table, and asked if you were serious about spending the evening together. A few draws in, I was honestly wondering if…
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Bury The Leaf There are cigars you buy because you feel guilty walking into Burn by Rocky Patel empty-handed, and there are cigars you buy because the shelf hits you with something new. The Rocky Patel Sapphire Corona Gorda is the second kind. Rocky has a reputation for throwing a million SKUs at the wall; this…
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My Father La Opulencia Toro – Bury the Leaf Every now and then you pull a cigar out of the humidor that feels less like “another stick to burn” and more like a standing appointment you set with yourself and forgot about. The My Father La Opulencia Toro was one of those. This one showed…